ActiveState Announces Release of Faster, Smarter and More Powerful 
ActiveTcl 8.5

December 20, 2007, Vancouver, BC â?? ActiveState is pleased to announce 
the release of ActiveTcl 8.5, in conjunction with the official release 
by the Tcl Core Team of version 8.5.0 of the Tcl dynamic language and 
the Tk GUI toolkit. Over four years in development, this release is a 
major advance over earlier versions.

Tcl is a very powerful but easy to learn dynamic programming language, 
suitable for a very wide range of uses, including web and desktop 
applications, networking, administration, testing and many more. 
ActiveTcl is the industry-standard Tcl distribution, available for 
Windows, Linux, Mac OS X, Solaris, AIX and HP-UX.

â??We are are pleased to release a faster, smarter and more powerful 
version of ActiveTcl.� says Jeff Hobbs, Senior Tcl Developer and 
Director of the Languages Business Division at ActiveState, â??Developers 
will benefit from new core support for arbitrary-precision integers, a 
new theming engine and widgets, and numerous other changes to better 
integrate existing language features in more cohesive ways�.

ActiveTcl 8.5 offers both improved performance and new programmer 
conveniences. Already based on a high-performance byte-compiled runtime, 
ActiveTcl 8.5 now runs 10% faster than the previous version, due to 
bytecode optimizations, object caching and reduced memory usage. 
Developers will also benefit from richer time and date tools including 
year-2038 compliance, and a new and simpler module packaging standard. 
Numerous other changes better integrate existing language features in 
more cohesive ways.

ActiveTcl 8.5 can be downloaded free here 
http://www.ActiveState.com/Products/activetcl/.


About ActiveTcl
Complete and ready-to-install, the free ActiveTcl distribution includes 
core Tcl, popular extensions, the Tcl Package Manager (TEApot), and 
complete documentation. ActiveTcl is 100% compatible with the reference 
distribution of Tcl. Code tested with ActiveTcl will run on any Tcl 
installation that has the appropriate extensions installed. For more 
information, visit www.ActiveState.com/ActiveTcl.

About ActiveState
ActiveState creates professional software development tools, programming 
language distributions and business solutions for dynamic languages, and 
practical tools and applications for social networking platforms. 
ActiveState solves complex problems and produces cool and useful 
applications that help people live more productive and enjoyable lives. 
ActiveState technology "just works." ActiveState is owned by its 
employees and Pender Financial Group, a publicly traded investment 
company focused on technology in British Columbia. For more information, 
visit www.ActiveState.com.


Contact Information
For media inquiries or access to the ActiveState Media Center, contact:
Kendra Penrose
Languages Marketing Lead, ActiveState
1.778.786.1134
KendraP@ActiveState.com